Trump,
In Somber Address, Calls Las Vegas Shooting An 'Act Of Pure Evil'President Trump called the Las Vegas attack an "act of pure evil" Monday
morning, in a somber address to the American people following the mass
shooting now considered the deadliest in modern U.S. history. The attack
left 58 people dead and 515 hospitalized. The president announced he will
visit Las Vegas on Wednesday to meet with law enforcement, first responders
and families of victims. He also ordered the flag be flown at half-staff
at the White House and other federal buildings to honor those who died.
It was an act of pure evil, Trump said. In a unifying, faith-focused
speech from the Diplomatic Room at the White House, the president offered
his prayers through this very dark period. FoxVOA VIEW: Better words could not be spoken
and Hillary acted like the idiot she is.

Army
Veteran: Las Vegas Shooting Worse Than Iraq SkirmishesIraq War veteran Colin Donohue was in the thick of the gunfire last
night at a Las Vegas country music festival and said "words can't describe"
the horror. Around 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, a gunman opened fire on approximately
22,000 people from the 32nd story of a hotel, killing 50 and injuring more
than 400. It is the largest mass shooting in modern United States history.
"We had a little bit up towards Mosul but nothing comparatively," the Army
reservist told "Fox & Friends," comparing the gunfire in Vegas to his
Iraq deployment. . Fox

Top Democrat Suggests Wells Fargo Should
Be Shut Down EntirelyA powerful Democrat in Congress says regulators should consider shutting
down Wells Fargo for abusing the trust of millions of its customers. Maxine
Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, issued
a 38-page report on Friday slamming regulators for failing to punish the
bank more severely for its recent scandals. The report, prepared by the
Democratic staff of the committee, described Wells Fargo as a "repeat offender"
for, among other things, opening as many as 3.5 million potentially fake
accounts, forcing up to 570,000 borrowers into unneeded auto insurance
and allegedly discriminating in mortgage lending. CNNVOA VIEW: Waters is not powerful - she
is a loud mouth like CNN.

The
Sandy Hook Senator Has A Blunt Message: 'It's Time For Congress To Get
Off Its Ass And Do Something'Chris Murphy is unapologetically playing politics in the wake of the
largest mass shooting in modern American history Sunday night in Las Vegas.
"It is positively infuriating that my colleagues in Congress are so afraid
of the gun industry that they pretend there aren't public policy responses
to this epidemic," the Connecticut Democratic senator said in a statement
released Monday. "There are, and the thoughts and prayers of politicians
are cruelly hollow if they are paired with continued legislative indifference.
It's time for Congress to get off its ass and do something." CNNVOA VIEW: Anit gun nuts are out again
and so is CNN.

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Facebook
Blew Its Response To Fake Russian AdsFacebook doesn't just have a fake news problem. It also has a fake
ads problem. Last month the company disclosed that it found about 3,000
ads that ran during the 2016 US election that were run by fake accounts
linked to Russia. While the company hasn't shown the ads publicly, there's
evidence that they were designed to influence voters by promoting polarizing
topics. It was a wild abuse of Facebook's automated ad platform. Business
Insider

Egypt
Ordered 30,000 Weapons From North KoreaA U.N. investigation uncovered an arrangement between Egypt and North
Korea in which Egyptian business executives ordered millions of dollars
worth of rockets from North Korea for their country's military, according
to U.N. officials and Western diplomats familiar with the findings, The
Washington Post reported. The business executives planned to keep the transaction
hidden, but an investigation was prompted in August after a secret message
was sent from Washington, D.C., to Cairo warning of a vessel headed toward
the Suez Canal. The ship was flying Cambodian colors but had left from
North Korea and was carrying a North Korean crew. Its cargo was hidden
by large, heavy tarps. US News & World ReportVOA VIEW: All North Korea ships back and
forth should be stopped and reviewed.

Is
Trump The Bad Cop With NKorea? It May Not Be WorkingIf President Donald Trump and his top diplomat are playing good cop,
bad cop with North Korea, it doesnt appear to be working: Entreaties
of diplomacy arent yielding meaningful talks, and military threats arent
scaring Pyongyang into halting its nuclear advance. Instead, Americas
mixed messaging may be increasing the risk of miscalculation by the isolated,
communist government, which lacks insight into the Trump administrations
thinking and could mistake brinkmanship for an overt threat of war. Washington
Post

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Jong-Nam's
Murder Trial Resumes Today From The First Four WitnessesThe murder trial of Kim Jong-Nam kicked off today with testimonies
from the first four witnesses that last saw the victim alive at the Kuala
Lumpur International Airport 2 in Sepang. The first witness was Lance Corporal
Mohd Zulkarnain Sanudin who was stationed at KLIA2 during the Feb 13 incident.
"I was approached by a Malay lady, who works at the airport information
counter and a 'plump man with a chubby face' whose race I was unable to
tell seeking to lodge a police report. "However, after asking him some
details, he said he wanted to go to the clinic first," he told the court
during the packed trial at the High Court. Sun Daily

Lockdown
At USC Prompted By False Active ShooterLos Angeles police said they found no evidence of a shooting on the
USC campus Monday after reports of gunfire prompted a lockdown and a huge
LAPD response. No danger to community, the Los Angeles Police Department
said on Twitter after completing a search of campus buildings. Public safety
officials said evacuations were prompted by a false report that came in
at 12:10 p.m. USC Department of Public Safety chief John Thomas said in
an emailed statement, It was reported a faculty member during class falsely
told her students there was an active shooter in the building. LA
Times

What
Drove 'Aggressively Unfriendly' Gunman With Weapons Arsenal To KillLaw enforcement officials were working Monday to determine what may
have motivated a gunman described as aggressively unfriendly  with an
arsenal of weapons  to kill at least 59 people and wound more than 520
enjoying a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. The killer, identified
as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nev., was a gambling multimillionaire
who made much of his money investing in real estate, according to his brother,
Eric, who added that he had no reason to believe the gunman had run into
financial trouble. Fox

ABC
News' Terry Moran Blasts 'Right-Wing Media' On Heels Of Vegas MassacreABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Terry Moran on Monday slammed
right-wing media on the heels of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, saying
conservatives will instantly politicize acts of terror committed by Muslims
but not mass shootings by Americans. Casting any sense of journalistic
objectivity to the wind, Moran took to Twitter on Monday to write, A Muslim
commits an atrocity, right-wing media instantly politicize it: Pass the
travel ban! US mass shootingsDont talk about guns! FoxVOA VIEW: Moran is a liberal idiot that
lost his mind.

The
Latest: Officials Update Number Of Firearms FoundInvestigators have updated the number of firearms they found in the
hotel room and home of the Las Vegas shooter. Assistant Clark County Sheriff
Todd Fasulo says officers have found 23 firearms in the Mandalay Bay hotel
room of Stephen Craig Paddock and 19 firearms at his home in Mesquite,
Nevada. Fasulo stresses that investigators believe Paddock was the sole
shooter. Religious leaders, elected officials and mourners have gathered
at multiple prayer vigils in Las Vegas. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman
spoke to mourners in the setting sun Monday evening outside the downtown
City Hall. Washington Post

Russians
Took A Page From Corporate America By Using Facebook Tool To ID And Influence
VotersRussian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social
media pages to identify American voters susceptible to propaganda, then
used a powerful Facebook tool to repeatedly send them messages designed
to influence their political behavior, say people familiar with the investigation
into foreign meddling in the U.S. election. The tactic resembles what American
businesses and political campaigns have been doing in recent years to deliver
messages to potentially interested people online.
Washington PostVOA VIEW: Should be no surprise.

Mass
Murder In Las VegasOnce again, the big downside of American freedom is on gruesome display.
A psychotic gunman in Las Vegas has committed the worst mass murder in
U. S. history. 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, who lived in Nevada, began
firing from a hotel window about 10pm Pacific time last night. His
targets were folks attending a music festival below him. When it
was all over, more than 50 human beings lay dead, 400 plus wounded.
Paddock apparently killed himself as police closed in on him. The murderer
had a number of deadly weapons in his room and you can count on the gun
control debate to ramp up. . Bill O'Reilly

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Security
Officials Cannot See What Prevents Another VegasHours after a 64-year-old man smashed open his hotel room window and
opened fire on an outdoor music festival down below, Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said there was no way anyone
could have stopped the nations deadliest mass shooting from taking place.
This is an individual described as a lone wolf, Lombardo said at a
news conference Monday. I dont know how it could have been prevented
if we didnt have any prior knowledge of this individual. Miami
Herald

Robert
Mueller Has No CommentRobert Mueller is rarely seen and almost never heard. He doesnt frequent
popular restaurants, appear on television or even issue statements. When
he meets in person with President Donald Trumps lawyers, he does not visit
the White House where reporters might notice. He instead summons them to
the conference rooms of his southwest Washington, D.C., office, the specific
location of which is among his many well-guarded secrets. In those meetings
and others, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the
2016 presidential election strictly limits the number of outsiders who
may attend. Militant about leaks, the former FBI director swears participants
to secrecy that they have honored to a remarkable degree. POLITICO

NFL
Owners Clashed In Private Over Protests On The LeagueThe National Football Leagues more muted approach in recent days to
responding to attacks from President Donald Trump followed a tense meeting
last week in which several owners argued the leagues combative stance
was unproductive, according to three people familiar with the meeting.
Those owners argued that taking on a sitting president over whether players
should be required to stand for the national anthem was bad for business,
while others thought the league should continue to stand up to the criticism,
these people said. The Wall Street JournalVOA VIEW: The NFL has lost and will loose
much more.

Obamas
Eyeing Upper East Side ApartmentFormer President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle are eyeing an
apartment in a historic building in Manhattan, multiple sources exclusively
tell Page Six. The Obamas have been looking at 10 Gracie Square on the
Upper East Side, situated between East End Avenue and East River Drive
and near the mayors residence, Gracie Mansion, according to sources who
have seen the couple arriving at the building for viewings. Built in 1930,
the white-glove, full-service, pre-war building has 15 floors and 43 apartments.
Other notables who have lived there include Gloria Vanderbilt, conductor
André Kostelanetz and New Yorker critic Alexander Woollcott. Page
Six

Country
Music Fans Are 'Likely Trump Supporters'CNN reporter Jeff Zeleny appeared to suggest in an interview Monday
that many of the victims of Sunday night's Las Vegas mass shooting were
Trump supporters. Zeleny made the bizarre observation after noting that
President Trump's morning press conference about the situation in Las Vegas
was "pitch perfect." He went on to say that it was worth it, however, to
keep in mind that there is significant crossover between Trump supporters
and country music fans. Daily WireVOA VIEW: Pitiful!

Did
Manafort Use Trump To Curry Favor With A Putin Ally?On the evening of April 11, 2016, two weeks after Donald Trump hired
the political consultant Paul Manafort to lead his campaigns efforts
to wrangle Republican delegates, Manafort emailed his old lieutenant Konstantin
Kilimnik, who had worked for him for a decade in the Ukrainian capital,
Kiev. I assume you have shown our friends my media coverage, right? Manafort
wrote. Absolutely, Kilimnik responded a few hours later from Kiev. Every
article. How do we use to get whole, Manafort asks. The
Atlantic

More
Than 40,000 Troops In Russian War GamesA senior US general said Monday that he believed controversial Russian
military exercises last month involved "more than 40,000" troops, vastly
more than Moscow acknowledged, but the event did not involve a simulated
nuclear strike. General Ben Hodges, commander of US ground forces in Europe,
said Russia split up the Zapad-2017 (West-2017) drills into smaller events
to flout international agreements on reporting military exercises. Yahoo
News

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White
House: Now Is Not The Time To Talk About Gun ControlWhite House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday repeatedly
deflected reporters questions about gun control, saying there will certainly
be a time for that policy discussion to take place, but thats not the
place that were in at this moment. During the same media briefing, however,
Sanders weighed in on the exact policy discussion that she said the White
House would not engage in on a day of mourning. The
Washington PostVOA VIEW: Good thought.

Ukips
New Leader Says The Weight Of Immigration Is Burying British CultureThe weight of immigration and the rise of Islam is leading to British
culture being buried, according to Ukips new leader. Henry Bolton said
there is a concern amongst people that their way of life is being pushed
aside, and vowed to address it as he spoke to The Sun a day after his
shock election. The 54-year-old ex-Army officer had said he wanted to move
the party away from focusing on Islam after their manifesto earlier this
year contained an "integration agenda" which was almost entirely about
Muslims. The Sun

Trumps
Right: His Media Coverage Is Mostly NegativePresident Donald Trump frequently complains about media coverage of
his administration, and a study released Monday confirms his suspicion:
Most of it has been negative. The Pew Research Center, in a content analysis
of the early days of the Trump presidency, found that 62 percent of the
coverage was negative and only 5 percent was positive. In contrast, President
Barack Obama's coverage in early 2009 was 42 percent positive and 20 percent
negative, the study said. Among recent presidents, Bill Clinton and George
W. Bush had higher negative than positive coverage early in their administrations,
but not nearly to Trump's degree. Clinton had 28 percent negative coverage
and 27 percent positive in 1993, while Bush had 28 percent negative and
22 percent positive in 2001. NBC NewsVOA VIEW: Trump has been right.

Russian
cannibal couple Claimed Pickled Remains In Jar Were Of Woman Killed
In Jealous RageAN eerie new photo shows the "Russian cannibal couple" kissing as forensic
experts claim pickled human remains of their last victim were found in
a glass jar in their fridge. The sinister snap was revealed after it emerged
suspect Natalia Baksheeva, 42, has complained she has been mocked
by fellow prisoners in jail, with regular taunts of: "Did you eat enough
human meat?" Her husband Dmitry Baksheev, 35, is being kept in solitary
confinement amid fears he will be "beaten" by other detainees. Glass jars
were found in the couple's home in the grounds of a Russian military academy
along with still unidentified frozen body parts and "steamed human meat."
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Stephen
Paddock, Las Vegas Suspect, Was A Gambler Who Drew Little AttentionThe man who checked into a Las Vegas hotel and massacred dozens of
concertgoers with a vicious deluge of bullets late Sunday lived in a quiet
retirement community in Mesquite, Nev., about 80 miles northeast of Las
Vegas, the police said. Relatives and neighbors said he and his companion
drew little attention. The gunman, identified by the police as Stephen
Craig Paddock, 64, was described as a retiree who loved to gamble and who
lived with his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, 62. Relatives said Mr. Paddock
had not displayed strong political or ideological beliefs in their interactions
with him. NY TimesVOA VIEW: What is needed are facts not
speculation and dumb remarks.

Tom
Petty Pulled Off Life Support After Going Into Cardiac ArrestTom Petty, the long-haired rocker whose famously nasal voice was behind
some of rocks greatest hits, was in the hospital Monday as unconfirmed
reports of his death circulated. The Free Fallin singer, 66, was found
unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home, and was subsequently
taken to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital Sunday, where he "had no brain
activity," according to TMZ. NY Daily

Republicans
Wont Rule Out Tax Hikes For Some In The Middle ClassPresident Trump and Republican leaders have positioned their sweeping
tax rewrite as a way to cut taxes on the middle class. But some top officials
are now saying the plan may not benefit everyone in that income group.
The acknowledgment could complicate the administrations ability to sell
the tax plan, which is already facing questions from Republicans and Democrats
over the cost and effect of the ambitious rewrite. Those questions have
gotten more pronounced after an analysis last week by the Tax Policy Center,
which found that the plan could cost $2.4 trillion over the next decade,
with the biggest benefits flowing to businesses and the wealthiest Americans.
NY TimesVOA VIEW: The real truth is NYT can not
be trusted in what they report.

Rich
Men With Extreme Politics Have The Happiest MarriagesPeople are being pickier about who they marry and waiting longer to
tie the knot. And with half of marriages ending in divorce, its gotten
a lot easier to exit unpleasant unions. So, the state of the American marriage
should be happier than ever, right? Instead, the quality of American marriages
has dropped significantly. While most Americans say theyre still
very happy in their marriages, the number is down from the early 1970s,
from 68 percent to 60 percent. Whats souring American marriages? University
of Maryland sociology professor Philip Cohen looked for clues by analyzing
which Americans are happiest in their marriages. Bloomberg

Nevada's
Gun Laws Like 'The Wild, Wild West': Law Enforcement ExpertThe man suspected of opening fire on thousands of concertgoers in Las
Vegas, killing more than 58 and injuring hundreds, had roughly 19 guns
in the hotel room from which he carried out the shooting, sources familiar
with the investigation said. Investigators are working to determine what
type of weapons were used by the suspect, Stephen Paddock, 64, of Mesquite,
Nevada, who police say killed himself by the time officers arrived at his
room. The probe will also look at where the suspect got the weapons and
whether they legally obtained and licensed. In Nevada, it is legal for
people 18 and over to carry a firearm openly without a permit, according
to the website of the gun-rights organization, NevadaCarry.org. ABC
NewsVOA VIEW: One or two dozen guns - so what?

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CBS
Executive Fired After Saying Las Vegas Victims Didn't Deserve SympathyCBS fired a legal executive Monday after she wrote on Facebook that
she was not "sympathetic" to the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Im actually not even sympathetic [because] country music fans often are
Republican gun toters," former executive Hayley Geftman-Gold wrote. At
least 59 people were killed and more than 520 were injured after a gunman
opened fire at a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night. "This
individual, who was with us for approximately one year, violated the standards
of our company and is no longer an employee of CBS," the network said in
a statement Monday. The HillVOA VIEW: Well deserved - liberals are
pitiful.

Hurricanes
Harvey, Irma Lift U.S. Factory Activity Index To 13-Year HighA measure of U.S. manufacturing activity surged to a near 13-1/2-year
high in September as disruptions to the supply chains caused by Hurricanes
Harvey and Irma resulted in factories taking longer to deliver goods and
boosted raw material prices. Still, details of the Institute for Supply
Managements (ISM) survey on Monday underscored the economys underlying
momentum, with factories reporting stronger order growth last month. A
measure of factory employment hit its highest level since 2011. Much of
the gain is presumably linked to the aftereffects of the hurricanes. .
Reuters

NRA
Goes Dark After Vegas MassacreDemocrats lashed out at the National Rifle Association after the worst
mass shooting in American history on Monday, but instead of fighting back
the gun rights group retreated to a familiar posture: silence. The NRAs
website, Twitter feed and Facebook page  all of which are typically updated
frequently throughout the day went dark on Monday, posting no new content,
and the group did not respond to several calls and emails seeking comment.
But that doesnt mean the powerful Washington lobbying organization isn't
extremely busy behind the scenes. POLITICOVOA VIEW: This is not the time for recrimination
or debate.

Tragedies
To Test Trump As Nation's ComforterPresident Donald Trump begins two days of consolation on Tuesday, traveling
to storm-battered Puerto Rico before making his way to Las Vegas to view
a different type of wreckage at the site of the deadliest shooting in modern
US history. It's the most concentrated stretch of presidential comforting
to occur during Trump's tenure, which has been marked more by stoking of
divisions than displays of empathy. Nevertheless, Trump on Monday hewed
to presidential precedent, striking a unifying sentiment during a solemn
address at the White House. CNN

Wells
Fargo CEO Admits 'Unacceptable' Response To ScandalWells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan plans to tell Congress on Tuesday that management
failed to take decisive action to head off the scandal that has rocked
the bank for the past year. "We recognized too late the full scope and
seriousness of the problems," Sloan said in prepared testimony he plans
to deliver to lawmakers. Sloan, who took over for longtime CEO John Stumpf
last fall, seemed to place some blame on his predecessor. "The bank's leaders
acted too slowly and too incrementally. That was unacceptable," Sloan said.
Wells Fargo (WFC) is being hauled back before Congress almost exactly a
year after the bank's first hearing on the fake account scandal. Since
then, Wells Fargo has admitted to even deeper problems. Sloan called the
past year a "time of great disappointment and transition" for Wells Fargo.
CNN

North
Korea Appears To Have A New Internet ConnectionA state-owned Russian telecommunications firm has given North Korea
a new Internet connection, potentially increasing Pyongyang's ability to
stage cyberattacks and protect the embattled country's online infrastructure.
The new connection was first spotted by Internet analysts at Oracle Dyn,
who noted that a new connection for North Koreans provided by the Russian
firm TransTeleCom appeared in Internet routing databases about 5:38 p.m.
Pyongyang time Sunday. Washington PostVOA VIEW: North Korea and Russia are enemies
of the US and society.

Facebook
Turns Over Thousands Of Russia-Linked Ads To CongressFacebook turned over more than 3,000 Russia-linked ads to congressional
investigators Monday. The social media company was expected to provide
the advertisements to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees and
the Senate Judiciary Committee, which are all investigating Russian election
interference. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the ranking member of the House
Intelligence Committee confirmed his committee received the ads.
ABC
News

Ryan
Can't Guarantee Everyone Will Get A Tax BreakHouse Speaker Paul Ryan is pushing ahead with the Republicans' latest
effort to overhaul the nation's tax code, telling CBS News' "Face the Nation"
that the main goal of the plan is to "help the people who are working paycheck
to paycheck and keep more of their own hard-earned dollars." "They haven't
had a break in a long time," Ryan said. "Our economy's been growing between
one and two percent for a long time. We haven't had three percent growth
in about a decade, and that means workers are struggling." The White House
rolled out the new tax plan last week. It aims to decrease the number of
individual tax brackets from seven to three and lower taxes on businesses.
CBS News

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